Dream and diabetes have a direct relationship both in disease prevention and in the quality of life associated with it.Therefore, Abbott offers a series of tips to favor good sleep hygiene in children and adolescents with diabetes, with the aim of improving their quality of life and benefiting their health.
Dr. Venancio Martínez Suárez, pediatrician of the El Llano Health Center (Gijón) and director of the Research Group of the Spanish Society of Estrual Pediatrics and Primary Care (SEPEAP) ensures that a bad dream harms the vitality of the child during the day andYour school performance.
In addition, it interferes with the rest of the whole family and can worsen the control of glucose.Dr. Martínez also recommends achieving good glucose control during the hours of the day, based on the balance between food intake, physical activity and adequate insulin pattern, with the aim of reducing the possibilities of night hypoglycemia and favoringThe children's dream.
A bad dream harms the child's vitality and can worsen glucose control
According to a European study, one in three patients does not control glucose levels as often as health professionals recommend.The latest glucose measurement technologies, such as the ABBOTT free -free glucose monitoring system, allow the child's glucose to be tided quickly, with a scan and without clicking on the finger and interrupting his dream.
44% of the parents interrupted their children's dream to measure glucose and 40% of children have experienced some severe -European hypoglycemia has the highest incidence rates of type 1 diabetes in children.Approximately 140,000, with an estimate of 21,600 new cases per year.
To avoid possible hypoglycemia, or decreased blood glucose levels, glucose control is necessary at night.According to a European study on the impact of diabetes on the quality of life of children in 2016, 44% of parents had to interrupt their children's dream to measure glucose.Even so, 40% of children have experienced some serious hypoglycemia and 63% of them had lived this episode during the night.
Recommendations
Good glucose control must be constant to avoid both hyper and hypoglycemia.The child must carry out his daily activities normally, but always adapting the treatment to his lifestyle.Routines also help to reconcile sleep.The time custom of the children to bed and get up will help them sleep better and to perform better at school, as well as the regular practice of moderate physical exercise at the same time and far from the sleep hours, which can help control thediabetes, reinforce the child's sociability and improve their well -being.
Finally, a rich and varied diet is essential for the well -being of children with diabetes.Ration carbohydrates, adapt insulin treatment and avoid heavy food at dinner favor your rest.
